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title: They are so constructed that parts of one can be made to fit into pa… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: They are so constructed that parts of one can be made to fit into parts of another, so as to form a new tale. Who acts: parts. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Opening, sentence 25

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They are so constructed that parts of one can be made to fit into parts of another, so as to form a new tale.

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**Who acts:** parts · **What happens:** construct, make, fit, form · **To what, where:** stories, parts, new tale

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg71335:1:25
# text = They are so constructed that parts of one can be made to fit into parts of another, so as to form a new tale.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	form	form	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** | present · passive |  | stories *= story* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **make** | can · passive |  | parts of one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fit** | to-infinitive | parts of one *not said here* |  |  | parts of another |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into part=Destination |
| 4 | **form** | to-infinitive |  | a new tale |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tale=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Project Gutenberg book 71335 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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